RM Sotheby’sThe Monterey Auction 2026Monterey, California
1904 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau

1904 Mercedes Simplex 40 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau
1904 · Engine No. 5363 | Exceptional, modern engineering with 40-hp T-head four-cylinder engine, four-speed transmission, and double chain drive
Result
Hammer Price$4,000,000
Total Paid$4,000,000
From the Catalogue
- Lot 113
- Commission No. 3166
- Gearbox No. 1479
- Offered from the collection of the Owls Head Transportation Museum
- Formerly part of the George Waterman and Kirk Gibson Collection
- Exceptional, modern engineering with 40-hp T-head four-cylinder engine, four-speed transmission, and double chain drive
- Indisputably and wonderfully intact throughout